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Ray Danton (1931–1992)

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Handsome and smooth natured leading man who often played oily individuals, Ray Danton was born in New York and dramatically trained at Carnegie Tech. First debuted on-screen as a moody Native American in Chief Crazy Horse and regularly guest-starred in many 1950s TV shows including Playhouse 90, Wagon Train, and 77 Sunset Strip... See full bio »

Born:

Raymond Kaplan
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 60) in Los Angeles, California, USA
Ray Danton and Fay Spain in The Beat Generation
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1977 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Nick DeMarco
– Duet for Danger (1977) … Nick DeMarco
 
1977 The Feather and Father Gang (TV series)
Big Jim
– The Apology (1977) … Big Jim
 
1976 Our Man Flint: Dead on Target (TV movie)
Derek Flint
 
1976 Switch (TV series)
Ralph Carson
– Big Deal in Paradise (1976) … Ralph Carson
 
1975 Sixpack Annie
Mr. O'Meyer (as Raymond Danton)
 
1975 Joe Forrester (TV series)
– Target: Mexican Syndicate (1975)
 
1975 The Rockford Files (TV series)
Chester Sierra
– Chicken Little Is a Little Chicken (1975) … Chester Sierra
 
1975 Matt Helm (TV series)
– The Game of the Century (1975)
 
1975 Apache Blood
Yellow Shirt
 
1975 Caribe (TV series)
Reese
– The Plastic Connection (1975) … Reese
 
1974 Nakia (TV series)
– No Place to Hide (1974)
 
1970-1974 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
Akamai / Colby / Jimmy
– Steal Now - Pay Later (1974) … Colby
– Cloth of Gold (1972) … Akamai
– The Last Eden (1970) … Jimmy
 
1974 The Manhunter (TV series)
– The Man Who Thought He Was Dillinger (1974)
 
1973-1974 Cannon (TV series)
Alex Brennan / Earl Dakin
– The Hit Man (1974) … Alex Brennan
– Trial by Terror (1973) … Earl Dakin
 
1974 The Centerfold Girls
Perry
 
1974 Toma (TV series)
Al Dancer
– Pound of Flesh (1974) … Al Dancer
 
1972-1974 McCloud (TV series)
Chuck Mason / Stokes
– This Must Be the Alamo (1974) … Chuck Mason
– The New Mexican Connection (1972) … Stokes
 
1974 Police Story (TV series)
Johnny Landres
– Countdown: Part 2 (1974) … Johnny Landres
– Countdown: Part 1 (1974) … Johnny Landres
 
1973 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
Royce
– Before I Die (1973) … Royce
 
1973 Runaway! (TV movie)
Prof. Jack Dunn
 
1973 Blood, Black and White
 
1972 A Very Missing Person (TV movie)
Capt. Westering
 
1972 The Ballad of Billie Blue
 
1972 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Joe Melcor (segment "The Miracle at Camafeo")
– The Miracle at Camafeo/The Ghost of Sorworth Place (1972) … Joe Melcor (segment "The Miracle at Camafeo")
 
1971 Nichols (TV series)
Juan
– Deer Crossing (1971) … Juan
 
1971 Riuscirà il nostro eroe a ritrovare il più grande diamante del mondo?
Jimmy Logan
 
1971 Banyon (TV series)
Victor Pappas
– Pilot (1971) … Victor Pappas
 
1971 The Young Lawyers (TV series)
Josh Ferris
– And the Walls Came Tumbling Down (1971) … Josh Ferris
 
1970 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Glen Frye
– The Inheritors (1970) … Glen Frye
 
1970 Dan August (TV series)
Andriotti
– The Color of Fury (1970) … Andriotti
 
1970 Love, American Style (TV series)
Kane Walker (segment "Love and Mr. Nice Guy")
– Love and the Boss's Ex/Love and Mr. Nice Guy/Love and the Gangster (1970) … Kane Walker (segment "Love and Mr. Nice Guy")
 
1970 Triangle
Carlo Di Fermi
 
1969 It Takes a Thief (TV series)
Secretary Raymon Ortega
– The Baranoff Timetable (1969) … Secretary Raymon Ortega
 
1969 Ironside (TV series)
Avery Corman
– A Drug on the Market (1969) … Avery Corman
 
1969 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Pietro Bertelli
– The Inquiry (1969) … Pietro Bertelli
 
1968 Die grosse Treibjagd
Mark/Marco Anderson
 
1968 Hello Glen Ward, House Dick
Ward
 
1968 The Big Valley (TV series)
Reed Clayton
– Devil's Masquerade (1968) … Reed Clayton
 
1967 Lucky, el intrépido
Lucky
 
1967 Si muore solo una volta
Mike Gold
 
1967 How to Win a Billion... and Get Away with It
Big Joe Martin
 
1966 Secret Agent Super Dragon
Bryan Cooper / Super Dragon
 
1965 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Vincent Carver
– The Discotheque Affair (1965) … Vincent Carver
 
1965 Honey West (TV series)
Sonny
– The Swingin' Mrs. Jones (1965) … Sonny
 
1965 Code Name: Jaguar
Jeff Larson
 
1964 Sandokan contro il leopardo di Sarawak
Sandokan
 
1964 Sandokan alla riscossa
Sandokan
 
1958-1964 Wagon Train (TV series)
Monty Britton / Robert Kincaid / Zeb Stark
– The Stark Bluff Story (1964) … Zeb Stark
– The Molly Kincaid Story (1963) … Robert Kincaid
– The Monty Britton Story (1958) … Monty Britton
 
1964 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
Jess Malloy
– The Black Flower (1964) … Jess Malloy
 
1964 Temple Houston (TV series)
Martin Royale
– The Case for William Gotch (1964) … Martin Royale
 
1964 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Jere Fryer
– The Wooing of Perilous Pauline (1964) … Jere Fryer
 
1963 Redigo (TV series)
Jeff Burton
– The Thin Line (1963) … Jeff Burton
 
1963 Kraft Mystery Theater (TV series)
– Talk to My Partner (1963)
 
1963 The Gallant Men (TV series)
Hugo Petra
– Operation Secret (1963) … Hugo Petra
 
1963 Empire (TV series)
Four Thumbs
– The Four Thumbs Story (1963) … Four Thumbs
 
1963 FBI Code 98
Fred Vitale
 
1962 The Wide Country (TV series)
Warren Price
– The Bravest Man in the World (1962) … Warren Price
 
1962 The Virginian (TV series)
Lt. Steve Hamilton
– Riff-Raff (1962) … Lt. Steve Hamilton
 
1962 Laramie (TV series)
Vince Jackson
– The Fortune Hunter (1962) … Vince Jackson
 
1962 The Chapman Report
Fred Linden
 
1962 The Longest Day
Capt. Frank
 
1962 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Magnus Repp
– The Hook (1962) … Magnus Repp
 
1961 A Majority of One
Jerome Black
 
1961 The George Raft Story
George Raft
 
1961 Portrait of a Mobster
'Legs' Diamond
 
1960-1961 The Roaring 20's (TV series)
'Dandy' Dan Brady / Harry Shayne
– The Vamp (1961) … Harry Shayne
– White Carnation (1960) … 'Dandy' Dan Brady
 
1958-1961 Bronco (TV series)
Bill Magrider / Deputy Sheriff Larkin
– The Buckbrier Trail (1961) … Deputy Sheriff Larkin
– Quest of the Thirty Dead (1958) … Bill Magrider
 
1961 A Fever in the Blood
Attorney Clem Marker
 
1961 Maverick (TV series)
Don Felipe
– A State of Siege (1961) … Don Felipe
 
1960 Cheyenne (TV series)
Marshal Al Lestrade
– Savage Breed (1960) … Marshal Al Lestrade
 
1960 Surfside 6 (TV series)
Danny Rome / Marty Hartman
– The Frightened Canary (1960) … Danny Rome
– Country Gentleman (1960) … Marty Hartman
 
1959-1960 Lawman (TV series)
Len Farrell / Yawkey
– Yawkey (1960) … Yawkey
– Lily (1959) … Len Farrell
 
1960 Hawaiian Eye (TV series)
Barry Logan / Mark Hamilton
– I Wed Three Wives (1960) … Mark Hamilton
– Murder, Anyone? (1960) … Barry Logan
 
1959-1960 The Alaskans (TV series)
Nifty Cronin
– The Devil Made Fire (1960) … Nifty Cronin
– The Ballad of Whitehorse (1960) … Nifty Cronin
– Sign of the Kodiak (1960) … Nifty Cronin
– Calico (1960) … Nifty Cronin
– The Silent Land (1960) … Nifty Cronin
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1960 Colt .45 (TV series)
Kane
– Bounty List (1960) … Kane
 
1960 Bourbon Street Beat (TV series)
Duke Powell
– Last Exit (1960) … Duke Powell
 
1960 The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Jack 'Legs' Diamond
 
1960 Ice Palace
Bay Husack
 
1959 Yellowstone Kelly
Sayapi, Gall's Nephew
 
1957-1959 Sugarfoot (TV series)
Blacky / Duke McGann
– The Wild Bunch (1959) … Duke McGann
– Bunch Quitter (1957) … Blacky
 
1959 The Big Operator
Oscar 'The Executioner' Wetzel
 
1959 Bat Masterson (TV series)
Tonio
– The Romany Knives (1959) … Tonio
 
1959 The Beat Generation
Stanley Belmont aka Stan Hess
 
1958-1959 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
Johnny Manetti / Velasquez
– A Bargain in Tombs (1959) … Johnny Manetti
– A Nice Social Evening (1958) … Velasquez
 
1959 Behind Closed Doors (TV series)
Ralph Drake
– The Meeting (1959) … Ralph Drake
 
1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV series)
Robert Mason
– Chez Rouge (1959) … Robert Mason
 
1958 The Millionaire (TV series)
Nick Slade
– The Eric Lodek Story (1958) … Nick Slade
 
1958 Tarawa Beachhead
Lt. Joel Brady
 
1958 Yancy Derringer (TV series)
Spade Stuart
– An Ace Called Spade (1958) … Spade Stuart
 
1958 Onionhead
Ensign Dennis Higgins
 
1958 Decision (TV series)
– The Danger Game (1958)
 
1956-1958 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
Ben
– Button, Button (1958)
– Eye of the Storm (1956) … Ben
 
1958 Climax! (TV series)
Co-Pilot / Eric Bartholomew
– The Disappearance of Daphne (1958) … Eric Bartholomew
– Sound of the Moon (1958) … Co-Pilot
 
1958 Too Much, Too Soon
John Howard
 
1958 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Callaghan
– Tide of Corruption (1958) … Callaghan
 
1957 Trackdown (TV series)
Clem Reese
– Sweetwater, Texas (1957) … Clem Reese
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Antonio
– The Death of Manolete (1957) … Antonio
 
1957 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– Always Open and Shut (1957)
 
1957 Studio 57 (TV series)
– Always Open and Shut (1957)
 
1957 The Night Runner
Roy Turner
 
1955-1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Bob / David Douglas
– The Quick and the Dead (1956)
– The Web (1955) … Bob
– An Act of Murder (1955) … David Douglas
 
1956 Somebody Up There Likes Me
Off-screen Reporter (voice) (uncredited)
 
1956 Outside the Law
John Conrad, alias Johnny Salvo
 
1955 I'll Cry Tomorrow
David Tredman
 
1955 The Spoilers
Blackie
 
1955 The Looters
Pete Corder
 
1955 Chief Crazy Horse
Little Big Man
 
1955 The Pirate and the Lawyer (TV movie)
Jean Lafitte
 
1953 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
– To Live in Peace (1953)
 
1951 Out There (TV series)
– Misfit (1951)
 
1951 Starlight Theatre (TV series)
Coles
– Act of God Nonwithstanding (1951) … Coles
 
Show ShowDirector (23 titles)
1984-1989 The New Mike Hammer (TV series)
– Madonna in Red (1989)
– Harlem Nocturne (1986)
– Golden Lady (1986)
– A Bullet for Benny (1984)
– A Death in the Family (1984)
 
1988 Beverly Hills Buntz (TV series)
– Umbrella in the Water (1988)
 
1988 Dynasty (TV series)
– The Trial (1988)
 
1987-1988 Magnum, P.I. (TV series)
– The Great Hawaiian Adventure Company (1988)
– The Love That Lies (1987)
 
1987 Leg Work (TV series)
– Things That Go Bump in the Night (1987)
– Mystery Woman
 
1982-1987 Cagney & Lacey (TV series)
– To Sir, with Love (1987)
– Culture Clash (1986)
– Mothers & Sons (1985)
– The Psychic (1985)
– Who Says It's Fair: Part 2 (1985)
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1987 Vietnam War Story (TV series)
– Home (1987)
 
1986 Tall Tales & Legends (TV series)
– John Henry (1986)
 
1986 The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (TV movie)
 
1985 Fame (TV series)
– Selling Out (1985)
– A Place to Belong (1985)
– Who Am I, Really? (1985)
 
1985 T.J. Hooker (TV series)
– Love Story (1985)
 
1981-1984 Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)
– Bird of Prey (1984)
– The Turn of the Tide (1983)
– The Best Policy (1981)
 
1984 Dallas (TV series)
– Offshore Crude (1984)
 
1977-1983 Quincy M.E. (TV series)
– On Dying High (1983)
– Guilty Until Proven Innocent (1983)
– Sword of Honor, Blade of Death (1982)
– Next Stop, Nowhere (1982)
– Science for Sale (1982)
See all 25 episodes »
 
1983 Feel the Heat (TV series) (pilot)
 
1979 Bender (TV series)
 
1979 Tales of the Unexpected (TV movie)
 
1978 The Incredible Hulk (TV series)
– Killer Instinct (1978)
 
1978 Switch (TV series)
– Photo Finish (1978)
– The Tong (1978)
 
1978 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV series)
– Death Surf (1978)
 
1975 Psychic Killer (as Raymond Danton)
 
1973 Hannah, Queen of the Vampires (new footage)
 
1972 Deathmaster
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1986-1987 The New Mike Hammer (TV series) (supervising producer - 9 episodes)
– Body Shot (1987) (supervising producer)
– Elegy for a Tramp (1987) (supervising producer)
– Kill John Doe (1987) (supervising producer)
– Little Miss Murder (1987) (supervising producer)
– Requiem for Billy (1986) (supervising producer)
See all 9 episodes »
 
Show ShowWriter (4 titles)
1986-1987 The New Mike Hammer (TV series)
– Body Shot (1987) (story)
– Harlem Nocturne (1986) (story)
 
1977-1980 Quincy M.E. (TV series)
– Welcome to Paradise Palms (1980) (story)
– Images (1978) (story)
– Requiem for the Living (1978) (story)
– Main Man (1977) (story)
 
1975 Psychic Killer (written by / as Raymond Danton)
 
1971 McCloud (TV series)
– Top of the World, Ma! (1971) (story / as Raymond Danton)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1992 The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (TV series) (consultant to producer - 3 episodes)
– Heartbreak Hotel (1992) (consultant to producer)
– The Other Woman (1992) (consultant to producer)
– Lady Luck (1992) (consultant to producer)
 
1973 Hannah, Queen of the Vampires (director: extra footage for English language version)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1964 That Regis Philbin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.11 (1964) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2005 Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (TV documentary)
Jack 'Legs' Diamond
 
2000 Call Him Jess (documentary)
Himself
 

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Alternate Names:

Raymond Danton

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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His companion at the time of his death was actress Jeannie Austin, who was cast in a couple of TV episodes Ray directed, including Magnum, P.I.. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo